Can't get permissions right when data dir is mounted

[Swift-R]

I am mounting the ownCloud data directory with this (mounts a WD EX2):

//10.0.0.3/ownCloud /owncloud cifs credentials=/home/server/auth/.smbcredowncloud,rw,uid=33,gid=33,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0770,dir_mode=0770,sec=ntlm 0 0

These are the directory perms:

drwxrwx--- 2 www-data www-data 0 Oct 3 03:48 owncloud/

On the installation it can't continue due to lack of permissions and if I mount the dir after installation then the files that are not www-data are removed and the .ocdata not found message appears.

Is that fstab line correct for ownCloud?

[anon30676603]

Hi,

whe have a FAQ thread available here providing most background info on this topic:

Can't create or write into the data directory / Can't write into config directory! / Data directory (/mnt/data) is invalid

Problem You're getting one of the following error message: Can't create or write into the data directory Can't write into config directory! Data directory (/mnt/data) is invalid (/mnt/data is an example here) Solutions The messages basically means that ownCloud can't access and write into the mentioned directories (as the messages are telling). There are a few issues which are showing up quite often: Missing permissions You have permission issues that the users which is running your…

If the fstab line is correct is something you need to find out based on that info as this can differ on every environment

[Swift-R]

Got it.

Fixed with:

//10.0.0.3/ownCloud /home/server/mounts/owncloud cifs credentials=/home/home/server/auth/.smbcredowncloud,permissions,users,uid=33,gid=33,iocharset=utf8,umask=000,sec=ntlm 0 0

And both the data and the previous directory need to be www-data:www-data.

[anon30676603]

Nice, thanks for posting that. I have added that line as an example to the mentioned FAQ.

[Swift-R]

Actually that like was not working. I thought it was mounting but it was actually returning errors.

This one is working, please update FAQ if you added the other line:

//10.0.0.3/ownCloud /home/server/mounts/owncloud cifs credentials=/home/server/auth/.smbcredowncloud,rw,uid=33,gid=33,dir_mode=0770,iocharset=utf8,sec=ntlm 0 0

[anon30676603]

Thanks for the follow-up, have updated the FAQ accordingly.